irreversible
- not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
Origin of irreversible
Related Words for irreversible
permanent, inevitable, certain, changeless, constant, doomed, established, fated, final, immutable, indelible, invariable, irremediable, lost, predetermined, settled, unalterable, irretrievable, predestined, unreversibleExamples from the Web for irreversible
Contemporary Examples of irreversible
That would create an irreversible cycle wherein the climate is beyond our control.
Now, a new mouthpiece may help protect players from irreversible harm.
If I had my wish, football would suffer a sudden and irreversible drop in popularity.
Echoing Hugo Chavez, they have vowed to make his revolution “irreversible.”
For the populations of tiny island nations like Kiribati, the threat is real and near – and any impacts would be irreversible.
Historical Examples of irreversible
But it is as safe to assume that the revolution is irreversible, setbacks aside.
After the RainSam Vaknin
Irreversible gelation is usually spoken of as "coagulation."
The Chemistry of Plant LifeRoscoe Wilfred Thatcher
They begin with their main argument, that the acts of councils are irreversible.
The Arian ControversyH. M. Gwatkin
The progress there is unmistakable; but it is not yet irreversible.
It is generally held that death in these cases is due to an irreversible heat coagulation of proteins.
The Organism as a WholeJacques Loeb
irreversible
- not able to be reversedthe irreversible flow of time
- not able to be revoked or repealed; irrevocable
- chem physics capable of changing or producing a change in one direction onlyan irreversible reaction
- thermodynamics (of a change, process, etc) occurring through a number of intermediate states that are not all in thermodynamic equilibrium
Word Origin and History for irreversible
1620s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + reversible. Related: Irreversibly.